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The number of injuries suffered by Premier League players who played in the World Cup has increased by 44 per cent, according to a new study by insurance broker JLT.

A total of 121 Premier League players were on show at the World Cup including the promoted and relegated clubs and of those, 10 belonged to Leicester City.

Just seven of those players remain at the club with Adrien Silva - now on loan with Monaco - taking that number up to eight. On loan midfielder Youri Tielemans also played at the World Cup, reaching the semi-final. but he wasn't included in the study due to spending the first half of the season in Ligue 1.

The study found that 112 players have suffered injuries this season where the absence saw them miss at least one game.

That's a figure that has dramatically risen in comparison to the 2017/18 season when the same players were studied having come into the season off the back of a World Cup-free summer.

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During that season, the number of people who missed games in the same time frame, up to January 23rd, was only 78, meaning there has been a 44% rise in injuries following the World Cup.

It's something Leicester City have seen first-hand with England international Harry Maguire missing three Premier League games though injury this season, as well as the games he has been substituted during through injury.

England team-mate Jamie Vardy has missed four in all, two through injury, and he has also started two from the bench following injury. The striker also suffered an injury at the World Cup itself, and that saw him start the opening game at Manchester United from the bench.

Other World Cup participants such as Ricardo Pereira, Wilfried Ndidi and Kaspar Schmeichel have all stayed fit.

Harry Maguire of Leicester City looks on as he holds his leg during the Premier League match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Leicester City at Molineux (Image: Clive Mason/Getty Images)

And while Shinji Okazaki and Kelechi Iheanacho suffered injuries during their time in Russia, they have managed to remain available for the Foxes throughout this season.

The study also found that West Ham have had the worst luck with injuries this season, with an average of over seven players unavailable per Premier League matchday.

West Ham's injury record totalled over 1,000 days which is more than four times as much as Wolves, who have the best injury record with less than 250 days missed throughout the squad.

The study also discovered that knee injuries remain the most common type of setback with over 75 suffered so far, a statistic Leicester defender Harry Maguire has contributed to this season.

Knee injuries have been responsible for all three of the games he has missed so far this term.